Ordinance No. 1,053ORDINANCE NO. 1053
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, BY THE AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 12, FIRE PREVEN-
TION AND PROTECTION, BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, FIRE LANE EASE-
MENT, BY AMENDING SECTION 12 -47(a) THEREOF, AND THE ADDITION
OF SECTION 12 -47.1 THERETO; REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT
HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown,
Texas, is hereby amended by amending Chapter 13, Fire Prevention and
Protection, by amending Article IV, Fire Lane Easement, by amending
Section 12 -47(a) thereof, which shall read as follows:
Section 12- 47(a). All structures shall be located so as to
be within three hundred (300') feet of a dedicated, acces-
sible, and improved public street or within one hundred fifty
(150') feet of a dedicated, accessible, and improved fire lane
easement. No part of any building, under any circumstances,
shall be located more than four hundred fifty (450') feet
from a dedicated, accessible and improved public road. No dwel-
ling unit of a residential building shall be located more than
three hundred (300') feet from a functioning fire hydrant.
and by the addition of Section 12 -47.1 thereto, which shall read as
follows:
Section 12 -47.1 Density Standards for Residential Development.
Residential development designed for rental occupancy shall
not exceed twenty (20) dwelling units per parcel acre except that
the developer may count one -half the abutting permanent open space
for density computations subject to approval by the Planning Com-
mission. The determination of what constitutes "permanent open
space" shall rest with the Planning Commission.
Section 2: Repealing Clause: All ordinances or parts of ordi-
nances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed;
provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such
inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumu-
lative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter
covered by this ordinance.
Section 3: Savings Clause: If any provision, section, excep-
tion, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance
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or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances, shall
for any reason be held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this ordinance
or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this
end all provisions of this ordinance, are declared to be severable.
Section 4: Effective Date: The provisions of Section 12-47(a)
and Section 12-47.1 shall apply to developments which have not gotten
preliminary Planning Commission approval as of the date of this ordinance.
This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage by the City
Council.
I rat
City Council of the City of Baytown, on this 10th day -of December, 19,70.
C. 4,
GLEN WALKER, Mayor
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk
APPROVED:
WILLIAM R. LAUGHLIN, City Attorney
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